Client: “I want to find out why I keep pushing people away.”
Therapist: “You are pushing people away because of free will. You are free to choose not to push people away.”
Client: “Wow! Thanks doc, I’m cured!”
Under the freewill delusion, all social injustice is personal failure.
Under the freewill delusion, you can simply “pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
If you’re poor? That’s your fault. You made the wrong choices
If you’re unable to find work? That’s your fault. You made the wrong choices.
Unable to hold down a job? That’s your fault. You made the wrong choices. No, your depression/anxiety/trauma did not determine you to fail at your job, nor did failing at your job determine your decision to seek therapy, you just made the wrong choices.
A belief in free will blinds you to the truth and directly serves the ruling class.